Competitive Canned Foods Contest Coming to Forest Festival
Home food preservers can enjoy showcasing their work by entering their canned goods in the Tennessee Forest Festival. The festival, which is scheduled for September 25 – 27, 2025, will feature traditional fair food, demonstrations and displays, a canned goods competition, competitive contests, and more.
Home canned entries will be accepted on Monday, September 22, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hardeman County Agribusiness Center, 210 Vildo Road in Bolivar.
All canning entries must be labeled with the exhibitor’s name on the bottom of the jar. All jellies must be standard jelly glass or in half pint Mason jars. All other canning must be in standard quart or pint Mason jars. Premiums will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
The entry categories include:
Vegetables:
Corn
Field Peas
Green Beans
Soup Mix Tomatoes
Tomato Juice
Squash
Any Other Vegetable
Pickles:
Banana Peppers Jalapeno Peppers
Any Other Pepper
Dill Pickle
Sweet Pickle
Pickled Okra
Bread and Butter Pickle
Squash Pickle
Any Other Pickle
Jams/ Jellies:
Apple Jelly
Blackberry Jelly
Grape Jelly
Peach Jelly
Plum Jelly
Any Other Jelly Blackberry Jam
Blueberry Jam
Peach Jam
Strawberry Jam
Any Other Jam
Apple Butter
Peach Butter
Fruits:
Apples
Applesauce
Blackberries
Peaches
Pears
Pie Filling
Plums
Any Other Fruit
Fruit Juice
Sauces/Salsas/Relish:
Chow Chow
Tomato Relish
Pepper Sauce
Spaghetti Sauce
Salsa
Any Other Relish
For more information call the Hardeman County UT Extension office at (731) 658-2421.
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